how recreating early daguerreotype photographs gave us a window to the past

  • Written by: Elisa deCourcy, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow 2020-2023, Research School of Humanities and the Arts, Australian National University
how recreating early daguerreotype photographs gave us a window to the pastCaleb and Phoebe Fidler, sixth-plate, cased daguerreotype, c.1852, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Private Collection

In this new series, Remaking History, academics take a look at the ways they are recreating historical practices, and how this impacts their research today.


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